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lutein

[loo-tee-in]
noun Biochemistry.
  1. Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C40H56O2, found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
  2. a preparation consisting of dried and powdered corpora lutea from hogs.
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Origin of lutein

1865–70; < Latin lūte(um) yolk of an egg (noun use of neuter of lūteus yellow; see luteous) + -in2
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British Dictionary definitions for lutein

lutein

noun
  1. a xanthophyll pigment, occurring in plants, that has a light-absorbing function in photosynthesis
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Word Origin

C20: from Latin lūteus yellow + -in
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lutein in Medicine

lutein

(lōō′tē-ĭn, -tēn′)
n.
  1. A yellow carotenoid pigment found widely in nature; xanthophyll.
  2. A dried preparation of corpus luteum.
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